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PUBLISHER'
E NORTH STAR.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS—$2 Per Annum, Invariatil; In Advance.
II II I I II '(".".iiM.in-l I'.n I
;-:,!,:.., ; 1.. I lu„i ,„■■,!,,n. ri,.ml i.r,,,.:,^ ,.
;
Selections.
Brother Jonathan has some peculi
peculiar practic
lik.-i
till! liljl'J j\
\nd wbiL
U.epubhe of tli
professing that th
equal rights and equal laws, he keep
three millions of the people ofthe Slate
in abject slavery, and holds that n
to complain although ho should be kicked out of the company of the
tertains the most supreme contempt for
the people ol the Old World, who "
mit to the degradation of living under
such an antiquated institution
Monarchy. In all this wo might
climd to indulge the peculiarities
younger brother,—hut even thi
not satisfy him. We do not p
■ quite so much "liberty" as he
but we practise a little
him we once lay under ti
slavery, but we felt ui
Mr. Matthew, tho Bri
ras instructed t>
accordingly, and he fi
■ bad !■
ible unt
a removed. Nor di^
^^^^^^ _ paid' do'w
millions as a ransom for the last rem
nant of slavery which existed through
no portion of British soil in any part of
the world has been trodden by a si;
The sacrifice was costly, but the
cal adoption
words, and i
this
might hold our own opinion of
licati consistency, and we might
after the fashion of our transi
friends, take the liberty of speaking
r mind upon the subject as oppor-
t advocates
pmg a large por
;arb should happen to touch
brought him shall be ready
' ion
, wh
sight of the
subject, who happened to arrive
Charleston, South Carolina, on boa
of a British ship, was forcibly tak
out of the vessel, immured in a prison
for fourteen days, and only liberated
when the ship was about to sail—the
master being obliged to pay about £■}
sterling as tho amount of board incurred to the gaoler ibr this involuntary
act of imprisonment. The circumstance
wbb brought under notice of Parliament last year, and no small indigna-
RIGHT IS OF NO SEX; TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR; GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL; AND ALL MEN ARE BRETHREN.
VOL. IV. NO. 21.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1851.
WHOLE NO. 177.
Curdlitiii, although a portion of the
Federal Union, and as such taking advantage of Ihe general laws ol the Republic, has, it seems, a particular code
Being a slaveholding State, it claii
ihe right til' in;;'
iirc stained with tho obnoxious coin
ami British liberty and British laws a
he potent Government ol'South Car
. ns. Accordingly, wlien the coi
aiunication was conveyed to them tie
Washin^tr.n, they disowned the a
Verity of Hie Union to interfere in
utter el' local government, and co
nded that the act complained of w
ie whit/.li ihey considered necessa
r vindicating Ihe principles of sla\
holding. The Cabinet at Washington
appear to consider themselves power-
s in Ihe matter, for they merely trans-
the answer received from Carolina
way of explanation lo our Go\ern-
nt. "Mr. Clayton," says, tht
ivledged the violation ol
. ";'■"
the Fedi
initted to earth constitu
ertiiin private sovereignty,
ereof the (aw in question '.
passed. Whether this reply w;
made entirely in good faith,
■siththe
i singu-
colpl oi
to acknowi-
„„,l,„,„,Kl
: before the
interference. Captain Ha
Beaver, is greatly blamed by
quninted with the ctrcu mutant:
in s.iid to have been a profess
of Gardiner, and to have de
betrayed him. He will ha'
ward, and we do hope his
lend I
r for
nd a dose after dinner.
The Enterprise thinks our remarks of i
est week are severe. We thoi
-ero as mild as new milk. On.
Tything thf
usual redress of wounded honor
we always keep this in mind, and try
We do not say one half that vc feci v
bound and aided in capturing a fugi
live should oiler us any of the courle
siesof life proper between man and man
wo should spit upon him. As it is, i
' or ' leelers.' We would not rank
Ng-! our list oi'liiumls Ihe man who
llossly set.; foot upon a worm !'arid
who, for a ten or twenty dollar fee,
of Ins family, and consign him to the
jndilion of a brute, ought to be held
ithout the range of all human sympa-
y. We would not let any such biped
ir pump. We should not take his
tine as a subscriber, and coulc
<ad; and if there were a hundred _
pie ot our mind in Pittsburgh, it would
) hard for a Commissioner to Ii
We would hire little boys to 1
him on the streets, and chat
cutlass
;ad of e traveller who Carrie
a brace pf pistols, a carbin>
, a daggir .'.nd an urabrell;
ndebted for, his preservatio
fgrappled with t:
e and hunting knili
;|i-hunting(forW-
iudia
eof s
'hoop and yell, a wild
our settlers.
tered in a twinkling, himself stretched
on Ihe earth, tbe barbarous knife,
lined to make him balder than (
by'a celebrated Marquis, leaped eager-
Com
iwsf and like the Yan
a poundin' of him all th
ignitv; his right hand clutching th
cal ping-knife, his left the frizzle to
:not; and then [he artificial scalp eon
;aptive along, through brake*" an
jungle, to the encampment. A peculi;
'toop soon brought the whole horde !
vn, the knife a»;aii! performed <:h
cnits, and the whole transaction was
■ ■-■ described. All Indian
atones* and restraint were over-
ne. The assembly made every de-
nstration of wonder; and ihe wig
3 fitted on, rightly, a&kew, and hind
I heiore hy an bundled pair of red
ids. Capt. Gulliver's glove was not
;reater pu/zle to the Houyhtnns.
f the
ii litem do''
; W-—-'(
vn to the lei
Parccll, tho bar-keeper at the i
lin House, Columbus, Ohio, was killed
by Thomas Spencer, a catlle-dro-
from Ross county, under the follow
It appears from the published e
liebb, which had been sold for wasl
veloping a. bottle of medicine. Tli
warrant was of the kind used by th
Governor for the arrest of fugitive
from justice claimed by requisilic
facts, said that Parcell handed it t<
some one "and told them to fill uj
against J. P. McElvainc, charging hin
with being a fugitive from Pennsylvania
for certain crimes, and directing it tt
John Snyder lo serve. Tnis was done,
A paper being produced, the Doctor
testified that it was the same, but thai
the prisoner, Thorn;
'■•p-n,.
that of
ng enveloped the
John
The de
blank thus filled up, handed
Spencer in the bar-room. S[
looked at the paper, (which ho probably
. Hereturne
showing Parcell th
i, "Did you writ
: was not heard, bu
e of the lungs of th-
o escape
lately,
•ed that he "had
history of a casual prudkitl
oka'.—Hamilton Intetti
however, these are to take tho benefit
Ihe connection ilms established,
must take along with, it the cor-
ion6ing obligations, and nio.-lof all
the
nd's lov
s fulhe
tit and mock him when he shows h
Talk about the compromises of tl
: -. . ii.:;
V oflic.
jght to refuse t
would compel him
dog! If our forefathers promise
io mightiest monarchy on lie: oarlh
ire is a principle involved whiei
us large in the eyes ol .Britons. T<
British empire in to touch the apple
m'r eve. If the Government a'
Washington has
iponent parts of the Union as
unable to afford redress in such
,e as tins, lf.ru llie federal d
:omposed of a mere rope of
collar, and yelping and bow-wowing on
ho track of their game! Call it severe
o liken a volunteer slave-catcher to a
dog? Pigs do such work! Wolves
catch no prey but what they want to
eat! No animal except a dog can be
hissed on to catch game for another!
This is our classification, but if any
will accept it, and stand reproved.
i demand redress for ti
Brilain. We do
nsist that the iiisuit otl'eieil \
recourse to hostilities, but v
lat unless every portion of the
United States is prepared, fairly an
ibiy, to discharge ils part of
lal treaty, undertaken for tb
faith of the Slates.
e time that a ee
9 made to the Ai
m the subjei
The
appears t
recently been made
t at Washington was called
to the subject, they at once admitted
that the act was at
treaties subsisting between Great
Britain and the United States, and ihey
promised to make a communicatioi
" ■ ' " " - - ' Care
—Dundee Courier.
The following are the feelings and
nd their abettors
We have not heard that i
been made in
for the purchase of '
Oil! '■
funds "
Wu Ie;
who would have risi
the penalties of tbe law to have r<
him, had ihey known of the tram
dollar to purchase his freedom,
ing it would be a premium on
mdy colors of the r
■iagenble maidens for a squaw. Avail-
ng himself of this privilege, and soon
lecoming by degrees,' i.t.-.re ,i proiicienl
Cost of Re
How the sle
lit(le Goi
en thousand dollars, the city
ant about twenty-four hundred
s: making an aggregate of more
wenty-two thousand dollars.—M-
li-Anij Knickerbocker.
What would be thought of a Northern
tutional—to pay
1 dollars to convert
property i
Consiih
glorious Union.
.(range" that intelligent men will swal
:>us cowardly humbug
-Greylock Sentinel.
attcm^^K on Monday night to lake
lo join his brethren in abolition U.isin
The negro secreted himself on boa
the schooner Irine, Copt. Ross, bound
lo Boston with a cargo of lumber: but
on account ofthe prevalence of adverse
winds, could not proceed to sea without first passing a night or so at or neai
the Bar. The first uightToncy having
had"
• elf i
icket full for the voyage, fell un
sctously into a deep sleep, and tho
snoring consequent thereupon, aro
a suspicion that all was not right on
board. The captain immediately '
tuied a search, which resulled i
discovery ofthe negro.
eipiiilh e
he had r
ii British settle-
Chi
ns, pert
tha
t, of lilt
tales of Geor,
ily separ,
net!
as the
gained I if.) "><>;> whilf rehab;!;
South Carolina exhibits at, i
onl" ir,-2:J'i lor the" same pe
As the Chronicle says, tb
tins greal difference is ubviot
approve or disapprove,' the
Georgia- are mimbnir their ■
ness. While South Carolina ■> seei
ing n lilary glory, manufacturing I'm
s few grievances from external e
complain of, and no need of a
.ejfagainsl imaginary foes.— Cayuga
I beautiful may be most ai
caressed; but ihey are in
and loved.
fili'lher. makiii" i; v,,:-,-1 ■..:, : ihal rt vais not so writ down in tli
Hundred Dollars
flmhflr..au .
■ olotr oi ails, Ititiimii-i the p:„ on!
Philesoph ' ~
rear ofthe
.ne of memory lies liu.-re,
is I'-vo-boitl: one, the sin
i of lliings; tiie other, a
ngoton.
. Wi,
d I'hut
it if agitation of business jog thai
it of thy head, which was (here
.tlier tacked than fastened? Where-
s tliose notions which get in by violenta
•ssessio will abide there, till cjeclo
■mn, sickness or extreme age,' is-
s best knocking
night, B
Iky i
"''O'i/,
till.I
Re met
Jndhfulu ,
■r Atlas was weary, wave as much
iason as a camel, to rise when thou
:ist thy full load, Memory, like a
arse, ii it be over full thai.'it cannol
mt, all wilt drop out of it. Take care
ny things, lest tho greediness of tin
ictite of thy memory spoil ihe diges
i thereof. Beza's case was peculiai
Marshal thy noi
lethod. One wi
'eight trussed
rule was adhered to even afte
lapse of years, and although it occurred
in tho United States, the same '
holds good in England, and is fou
in justice and equity here.—Has
■■ duly considered. A c
ired a large s
i Rhode Island.
e these: the subscriber took
to the publishi
tinuance without forwarding the money
for payment. The publisher
s of refusal to take the p
post office. The resi
tanding tho Kb
ve Ihe papers
Harding the whole
pay Mi
"The progress of thi
when it started was so slow that a b
was enabled to keep up with it 1
several hundred feet. But the spe
a distance of, we believe, about fi
iniies and a quarter, was reached
thirty minutes. When within two mi'
of that place, the power of the batlery
being fully up, the locomotive began to
run, on nearly a level plane,
of nineteen miles an hour,
miles faster than the grea
heretofore atlained. This velocity
.oniinnod for a mile, when one of
cells cracked entirely open, w
caused the acids to intermix; and,
""' g power
akened. 'Two i
ubsequently met with ■
"The Profe
iy, (earing obstructior
coming of
■ .. . .. .. ■. ,
made of light e
The cells xvert
ware, for tbe
tout reference to durability. Thi
part of the apparatus can therefon
" "map, Tht
great point established was, that r
incipleof'Professoi
narrated
u of electromagnetism to the propulsion of railway trains, can scarcely
ny longer be considered as doubtful."
Gklat Chance For, Commissioners.
-We cut the following from the Fort
nith (Ark.) Herald, and give it gra-
lopement and murder, from which we
;ather the following facts: A citizen
.fHancock, Mississippi, named Hardy,
csiding temporarily in the house of a
ilanter in Florida, formed a criminal
nd induced her to elope. The guilty
ouple took wilh them a vnluabie ne-
jro "boy," a fine carriage with a span
of horses, and a costly double-barreled
The husband was unable to
follow them, but a friend named Smith
gentlemen, whose names are Davis and
James. The three, well armed,
entered Hardy's dwelling, and after
desperate slruggle secured their
prisoner, fettered him, and placed him
ith, who
undertook to convey him back without
The negro was allowed to
follow on horseback, and was probably
—Ran
i Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, or
the :.loth January, a likely negro man,
imed ALECK, a SooJ blacksmith;
■■d about :-><!, bright dark complexion,
out 5 feet ten inches high, has a small
ar on his face. When spoken to,
s a slight stutter in his speech, par-
'iiUilv if a little exerted. The above
ward will be paid if delivered to me
I will pay an additional reward of
''il.-.u alirr.
DOLLARS for'h
pay a rca-ard of TWENTY 'FIVE
H. N.FOLSOM.
A Worn
Ho-
i Debt.—Debt ii
—how it stalks before hit
ce his presence by rccou
mnt of liabilities. How i
3 domestic joys, by introd
•nal " balance" into the calcu-
f Madam respecting the price ol
:arpet or a new dress! H
in y<y or grief, in health or sicklies-
and shadowy—falls as an incubus,
no presence ii
tlemen of Boston who defended Simms
also of tho vigilance committee. Wt
;;-jve high praise to all these gentlemen
but when it is said that they did .ill thoj
could for poor Simms, we beg leave tt
dissent. Avery simple and easy pro
cess of liberating the prisoner has oe
curred to us, and we wonder that it was
not thought of by some of tbe Bostot
people. By thelai
if her
for the purpose of raising six dollars
for Curtis, making in all eleven tlollai
for releasing the poor fellow? Tr,
sum might have been raised in tw
thought of some p
Lowell -American.
iukepr,
may-be, of the slam
by others and misrepresented, it goes
then to the professed slanderers, who
have no other occupation than to despoil those whom they envy of their
good name. The slanderer will pry
about the yards and under the windows
of their neighbors; aye, and they walk
between friends and whisper their vile
■uly member, the
3 deadly adder; and, finally, as has
said: " Murder is its employment,
cure ils prey, und JR«in its sport,"
the slandered and reviled. None are
landered save those who are envied;
nd philosophers have said, that to envy
. person is an acknowledgment of their
tineriority. Shakspeare has added his
sstimony to this also; he says:—
t of the guilty partie
s guijty wife back t
Hard to Pllase.—The Mobile Tri-
ine don't find much comfort in (he
:storation of Simms. It says:
" We cannot see (he pertinency of
e general exultation which in some
larters has followed the rendition of
e fugitive slave Simms, We are quite
illing to give Ihe Government credit
for vigilance in the enforcement of Ihe
iut several things must be reed. Our government is only a
re of the majority. Two years
an anti-fugitive slave law man
. .e President; Boston is only a
small part ol Massachusetts, and a vast
majority ol Ihe people of tbe Stale, as
ti make his
the feality I
Imte -From Cuba.—We have reived by the arrival to-day, of the
Schooner Maxon, Captain Farren, from
Matan/.as, our annual files of tbe Au-
de Matanzas and other Cuban papers up to the 2M April. There is no
folio
ruction oi this enterprise will
■ swiftly, (he arrival and disem-
larkism ol tne pirates, that intelligence
it the two events may travel together,
n the other papers we see but little
worthy of note. The " Eco" of Villa
Jlara rcporls everythirg quiet in tbe
own. A large number of Ameiican,British andFrench vessels were in ihe port,
'he " iioja Economics" of Cienmgoea
ays thai in that port the Spanish brig-
ntine Valdes and ihe Frigate Cortes
'ere stationed on the look-out for Ihe
irates, but as yet there had been no
ign of them —V. ¥. Express.
Thes!
the I
censes snows, exceeds thai of
by 100,983— Painesville Tel-
ghout the Uni
■oholoVi
lalln
•el us by i
nty—
'I of
11 their dirty work,
.and find ourselves,—MilwaukeeDem.

PUBLISHER'
E NORTH STAR.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS—$2 Per Annum, Invariatil; In Advance.
II II I I II '(".".iiM.in-l I'.n I
;-:,!,:.., ; 1.. I lu„i ,„■■,!,,n. ri,.ml i.r,,,.:,^ ,.
;
Selections.
Brother Jonathan has some peculi
peculiar practic
lik.-i
till! liljl'J j\
\nd wbiL
U.epubhe of tli
professing that th
equal rights and equal laws, he keep
three millions of the people ofthe Slate
in abject slavery, and holds that n
to complain although ho should be kicked out of the company of the
tertains the most supreme contempt for
the people ol the Old World, who "
mit to the degradation of living under
such an antiquated institution
Monarchy. In all this wo might
climd to indulge the peculiarities
younger brother,—hut even thi
not satisfy him. We do not p
■ quite so much "liberty" as he
but we practise a little
him we once lay under ti
slavery, but we felt ui
Mr. Matthew, tho Bri
ras instructed t>
accordingly, and he fi
■ bad !■
ible unt
a removed. Nor di^
^^^^^^ _ paid' do'w
millions as a ransom for the last rem
nant of slavery which existed through
no portion of British soil in any part of
the world has been trodden by a si;
The sacrifice was costly, but the
cal adoption
words, and i
this
might hold our own opinion of
licati consistency, and we might
after the fashion of our transi
friends, take the liberty of speaking
r mind upon the subject as oppor-
t advocates
pmg a large por
;arb should happen to touch
brought him shall be ready
' ion
, wh
sight of the
subject, who happened to arrive
Charleston, South Carolina, on boa
of a British ship, was forcibly tak
out of the vessel, immured in a prison
for fourteen days, and only liberated
when the ship was about to sail—the
master being obliged to pay about £■}
sterling as tho amount of board incurred to the gaoler ibr this involuntary
act of imprisonment. The circumstance
wbb brought under notice of Parliament last year, and no small indigna-
RIGHT IS OF NO SEX; TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR; GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL; AND ALL MEN ARE BRETHREN.
VOL. IV. NO. 21.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1851.
WHOLE NO. 177.
Curdlitiii, although a portion of the
Federal Union, and as such taking advantage of Ihe general laws ol the Republic, has, it seems, a particular code
Being a slaveholding State, it claii
ihe right til' in;;'
iirc stained with tho obnoxious coin
ami British liberty and British laws a
he potent Government ol'South Car
. ns. Accordingly, wlien the coi
aiunication was conveyed to them tie
Washin^tr.n, they disowned the a
Verity of Hie Union to interfere in
utter el' local government, and co
nded that the act complained of w
ie whit/.li ihey considered necessa
r vindicating Ihe principles of sla\
holding. The Cabinet at Washington
appear to consider themselves power-
s in Ihe matter, for they merely trans-
the answer received from Carolina
way of explanation lo our Go\ern-
nt. "Mr. Clayton," says, tht
ivledged the violation ol
. ";'■"
the Fedi
initted to earth constitu
ertiiin private sovereignty,
ereof the (aw in question '.
passed. Whether this reply w;
made entirely in good faith,
■siththe
i singu-
colpl oi
to acknowi-
„„,l,„,„,Kl
: before the
interference. Captain Ha
Beaver, is greatly blamed by
quninted with the ctrcu mutant:
in s.iid to have been a profess
of Gardiner, and to have de
betrayed him. He will ha'
ward, and we do hope his
lend I
r for
nd a dose after dinner.
The Enterprise thinks our remarks of i
est week are severe. We thoi
-ero as mild as new milk. On.
Tything thf
usual redress of wounded honor
we always keep this in mind, and try
We do not say one half that vc feci v
bound and aided in capturing a fugi
live should oiler us any of the courle
siesof life proper between man and man
wo should spit upon him. As it is, i
' or ' leelers.' We would not rank
Ng-! our list oi'liiumls Ihe man who
llossly set.; foot upon a worm !'arid
who, for a ten or twenty dollar fee,
of Ins family, and consign him to the
jndilion of a brute, ought to be held
ithout the range of all human sympa-
y. We would not let any such biped
ir pump. We should not take his
tine as a subscriber, and coulc
, a daggir .'.nd an urabrell;
ndebted for, his preservatio
fgrappled with t:
e and hunting knili
;|i-hunting(forW-
iudia
eof s
'hoop and yell, a wild
our settlers.
tered in a twinkling, himself stretched
on Ihe earth, tbe barbarous knife,
lined to make him balder than (
by'a celebrated Marquis, leaped eager-
Com
iwsf and like the Yan
a poundin' of him all th
ignitv; his right hand clutching th
cal ping-knife, his left the frizzle to
:not; and then [he artificial scalp eon
;aptive along, through brake*" an
jungle, to the encampment. A peculi;
'toop soon brought the whole horde !
vn, the knife a»;aii! performed us cowardly humbug
-Greylock Sentinel.
attcm^^K on Monday night to lake
lo join his brethren in abolition U.isin
The negro secreted himself on boa
the schooner Irine, Copt. Ross, bound
lo Boston with a cargo of lumber: but
on account ofthe prevalence of adverse
winds, could not proceed to sea without first passing a night or so at or neai
the Bar. The first uightToncy having
had"
• elf i
icket full for the voyage, fell un
sctously into a deep sleep, and tho
snoring consequent thereupon, aro
a suspicion that all was not right on
board. The captain immediately '
tuied a search, which resulled i
discovery ofthe negro.
eipiiilh e
he had r
ii British settle-
Chi
ns, pert
tha
t, of lilt
tales of Geor,
ily separ,
net!
as the
gained I if.) "><>;> whilf rehab;!;
South Carolina exhibits at, i
onl" ir,-2:J'i lor the" same pe
As the Chronicle says, tb
tins greal difference is ubviot
approve or disapprove,' the
Georgia- are mimbnir their ■
ness. While South Carolina ■> seei
ing n lilary glory, manufacturing I'm
s few grievances from external e
complain of, and no need of a
.ejfagainsl imaginary foes.— Cayuga
I beautiful may be most ai
caressed; but ihey are in
and loved.
fili'lher. makiii" i; v,,:-,-1 ■..:, : ihal rt vais not so writ down in tli
Hundred Dollars
flmhflr..au .
■ olotr oi ails, Ititiimii-i the p:„ on!
Philesoph ' ~
rear ofthe
.ne of memory lies liu.-re,
is I'-vo-boitl: one, the sin
i of lliings; tiie other, a
ngoton.
. Wi,
d I'hut
it if agitation of business jog thai
it of thy head, which was (here
.tlier tacked than fastened? Where-
s tliose notions which get in by violenta
•ssessio will abide there, till cjeclo
■mn, sickness or extreme age,' is-
s best knocking
night, B
Iky i
"''O'i/,
till.I
Re met
Jndhfulu ,
■r Atlas was weary, wave as much
iason as a camel, to rise when thou
:ist thy full load, Memory, like a
arse, ii it be over full thai.'it cannol
mt, all wilt drop out of it. Take care
ny things, lest tho greediness of tin
ictite of thy memory spoil ihe diges
i thereof. Beza's case was peculiai
Marshal thy noi
lethod. One wi
'eight trussed
rule was adhered to even afte
lapse of years, and although it occurred
in tho United States, the same '
holds good in England, and is fou
in justice and equity here.—Has
■■ duly considered. A c
ired a large s
i Rhode Island.
e these: the subscriber took
to the publishi
tinuance without forwarding the money
for payment. The publisher
s of refusal to take the p
post office. The resi
tanding tho Kb
ve Ihe papers
Harding the whole
pay Mi
"The progress of thi
when it started was so slow that a b
was enabled to keep up with it 1
several hundred feet. But the spe
a distance of, we believe, about fi
iniies and a quarter, was reached
thirty minutes. When within two mi'
of that place, the power of the batlery
being fully up, the locomotive began to
run, on nearly a level plane,
of nineteen miles an hour,
miles faster than the grea
heretofore atlained. This velocity
.oniinnod for a mile, when one of
cells cracked entirely open, w
caused the acids to intermix; and,
""' g power
akened. 'Two i
ubsequently met with ■
"The Profe
iy, (earing obstructior
coming of
■ .. . .. .. ■. ,
made of light e
The cells xvert
ware, for tbe
tout reference to durability. Thi
part of the apparatus can therefon
" "map, Tht
great point established was, that r
incipleof'Professoi
narrated
u of electromagnetism to the propulsion of railway trains, can scarcely
ny longer be considered as doubtful."
Gklat Chance For, Commissioners.
-We cut the following from the Fort
nith (Ark.) Herald, and give it gra-
lopement and murder, from which we
;ather the following facts: A citizen
.fHancock, Mississippi, named Hardy,
csiding temporarily in the house of a
ilanter in Florida, formed a criminal
nd induced her to elope. The guilty
ouple took wilh them a vnluabie ne-
jro "boy," a fine carriage with a span
of horses, and a costly double-barreled
The husband was unable to
follow them, but a friend named Smith
gentlemen, whose names are Davis and
James. The three, well armed,
entered Hardy's dwelling, and after
desperate slruggle secured their
prisoner, fettered him, and placed him
ith, who
undertook to convey him back without
The negro was allowed to
follow on horseback, and was probably
—Ran
i Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, or
the :.loth January, a likely negro man,
imed ALECK, a SooJ blacksmith;
■■d about :->